Brown Sugar Chords

by The Rolling Stones
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
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Chords

C
F
Bb
G

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C*  x3556x
F*  x8101011x
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C    C*    C     C*   C         C  C*  C
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
F    F*   F      F*      F   F* F
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
C       C*  C      C*        C    C* C
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright
Bb                      C              Bb     G
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
G              C   C*       C     C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C    C*     C     C*   C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
 
 
Don’t know the names of the chords for this part, so:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----9-----5------6-----1----3------5------6-----5--|
G|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--| x2
D|---8----8------5-----5------1----3------5-----5------5--|
A|-6----6------3-----3------------------3------3------3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C     C*      C    C*      C     C*   C
Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
F    F*     F     F*      F         F*    F
Lady of the house wondrin where its gonna stop
C     C*  C     C*        C     C* C
House boy knows that he's doin’ alright
Bb                     C              Bb    G
You should a heard him just around midnight
G              C   C*       C     C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C    C*     C     C*   C
Ah brown sugar, just like a black girl should
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C  C*       C    C*    C    C*   C
I  bet your mama was a tent show queen
F   F*      F  F*           F     F*  F
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
C   C* C         C*    C         C* C
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I  like
Bb                         C              Bb     G
You should have heard them just around midnight
G              C   C*       C     C* C
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
G               C    C*     C     C*   C
Ah brown sugar, just like a young girl should
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12 comments
rduval
Great tab but 9 strings in your F* chord?????
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NeyYoung
Hey man, nice tab! Try this chords between the 2 firsts verses: D# C G# A# C ...
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BilMcCombe
Those Chords you tabbed are " Root 5" Chords, the name of the chord is on the 5 th string. Eb (6,6,8,8,8, 6.) C (3,3,5,5,5,3) Ab(1,1,1) Bb(3,3,3)
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